About block 972,028
Bitcoin block 972,028 was mined by ViaBTC on October 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM UTC, 7 min 41 s after block 972,027. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,300 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.18 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 972,028 is number 317 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,699 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,972 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.